Toilet-seat hinge



March 24, 1931. H. vom PHUL TOILET SEAT RINGE Filed April 7, 1930 l\1oenffov Von Thu Patented Mar. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT I;FF1CE HENRY VONPHUL, F GRAND HAVEN, MICI-IIGAN, ASSIGNOR wo AMERICAN BRASS NOVELTY oo. OIE' GRAND I-IAVEN, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION er MICIHIIGAN TOILET-SEA'I! HINGE v Applicatiou filed April 7,

This invention relates to a hinge particula1ly adapted for use in connection with toilet s'eats and covers. .It is a primary object and purpose of the present invention to provide a very practical, rea dily manufactured and assembled hinge struoture which can he very easily attached and which is strong, durable and eflicient for the purposes ior which it is designed. An understanding of the invention may be had from the following description taken in connectionwith theaccompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 is an end elevation partly in section, illustratin'g the hinge constrction used in connection With a toilet seat and-cover.

' Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation 0ii t-he hinge construction shown in Fig. 1'.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the parts us'ed in making the hinge construction, said parts being in separated and disassembled. relation, and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary horizontal sectio1i substantially on the' plane of li ne %4i of Fi 2.

Iiike reference oharacters refer to like parts in the difi"erent figures of the d1aw- 1n %he seat and cover With Which the hinge construction is used are adapted to be mounted on and above the bowl, indicated at l, and which in pract-i'ce is provided with a rearwardly extending horizontal ledge 2 at its upper end. T0 this ledge one member of the hinge construction is adapted to be permanently secured, two 0f the hinge construo tions heing 11Sed, one at each side and at the 1ear end portions of the seat and cover which are mounted above he bowl.

The hinge 1nemher, tw0 of which are permanently secured to the ledge 2, comprises an upper member 3 Which has a fiat lower end to fit against the npper flat horizontal surf-ace of sai d ledge 2 and from Wh10h a screw threaded holt extension 4 asses downward- 1y through a suitable opehing in said ledge 2 to reoeive a nut permanently seouring ihe hinge mernber to sald ledge. The upper part 3 extends ilpwardly and forwardly as showvn and at the inner side0f the upper end po r= tion ofthe n1ember 3 a horizontzllopten= 1930. Srial N0. 442,092.

ing 5 is made Which extends nearly through the rnember 3 but terminates short 0f its outer side. 111 is of course understood that when two of the hinge members 3 are atlsziched to the ledge 2 they are in spaced apart relation to each other so that the rear e'nd portion -0f the seat 1nay'pass between them.

The sea 6 is of any ordinary and conventional oonstruction. At its rear end portion and als each side a rectangular fiat block 7 0f 1 netal is secnred hy means 01: screws; This block a't each side of the seat 6 hasa screw threaded opening 8 therethrough as besl: shown in Fig. 3.

A sec0nd hinge member 9 of metalis used Which atits lower portion is of channel forma in cross section, having inwardly ext'ending sp'acecl apart vertical side flan'ges 10, Whereby when a 1nemher 9 is plaeed against a sich of the seat 6 and at the rear end portion thereof, the block 7 a1; said side of the seat is receiv'ed in alle recess between the flanges 10 a-nd is completely covered by the hinge member 9. This holde .the hinge members securelyagainst any turning movement with respect m the seat a nd in Vertical position. At their upper ends said members 9 halve somewhat Widened ancl enlarged heads 11, at the inner sides of which horizontal openings 12 are made whioh extend nearly thiough said heads.

In the lower ehd portions of the seat mein'- bers 9 openings 13 are made which are adapted t0 be' placed in alignment with the thread ed openings 8 in the blocks 7. A headed screW comprised of a head 14 and a screw 15' of less d1ameter 15 used 130 attach each oi' the members 9 to the seac 6 by insert-ing the scr vv15 through the opening 13 and threading the sa1ne into the opening 8 until the innen end of the shoulder between the head 14- and th'e screw 15 is brought snugly against the 0ut er= side 0f the member 9.

The seat cover 16 is of conventional Coristruction and at its rear end is ofa Width to pass between the heads 11 at the upper ends of the rnembers 9'. Horizontal pins 17 are inserted in opposite sides of the rear" end por- The cover end seee 1ney be esse1nbled by pessing the uppe1 ends '01 heeds 11 of the verticel 1nembers 9 over he projecting ende oi the plns 17 end ihen locking he lower'ends of the 1nembers 9 over ehe blocks 7 end securing the1n in piece by use 0'l' the screws 15 es descrxbed. Ehe screws which ere used 130 ettech the blocks 7 ic Ehe seet ere thus covered end i neccessible end eie hold fro1n eny tendency to work outwerd. 1he projecting heeds 14 ere oi cylindrieel forn1 of e size to fit fresly in ehe openings 5 in the upper ende 0it' the men1bers Beore ettziching seid xnembers 3 to the ledge 2 they ere esseno'nled over end cover seid heeds l l end ere then properly speced epe1t to pess throngh the opcnings in seid ledge.

This construction o1 hinge is one 033 very precticel Velue. All festening meens ere covered end conceeled end ere held egeinst eny loosening movements. The cover mey turn ebout the exes of the pins 17 end tne cover end seet together mey euren on the cylindricel heeds 14 which heve beerings in the openings 5 in the me1nbers '1he perts e1e oi' simple but sturdy consrucaion, reedily cest or otherwise i0nned end the esseinbly there-' of is very eesily eccomplished. The invention is clelined in 't-he eppended clei1ns end is 130 be considered comprehensive 01 ell forme of structurecoming within their scope.

I cleirn:

l. In connbinetion, e seet, e1netel block secured edjecent one end 01 the seet et eeoh side thereof, seid block heving e threeded opening therethrough, hinge me1nbers secured one et eech side of the seet over seid blocks, eech of seid hinge members heving an opening therein in elignment with the threeded opening in the edjecent block, end securing nieens for eech hinge 1ne1nber co1nprising e cylindricel heed end e threeded shenk oit' less die1neter oben the heed, seid shenk pessing through the opening in the hinge 1nember end threeding into seid block whereby be heed proj ects outwerdly beyond the hinge member, seid hinge members extenoing e distence ebove thc seet, end e seet cover loceted between the upper ende of seid hinge 1nembers end heving e pivotel connection thereeo.

2. A construction conteining the elements in co1nbinetion defined in clein1 l, combined with e brecket loceted et eech side o1" seid seet, the upper end of which is provided with an opening to receive seid cylindricel heed,

' end e threeded rod extending downwerdly fron1 the lower end of eech of seid breckets. 3. In e construction of the cless described, e seet, e block heving subsentielly parallel verticel edges secured et eech side of end edjeceni; one end oi' the seet, seid blockheving e screw threeded opening therethrough, e verticel hinge member heving e chennel sheped lower end portion loceted over eech block, secring 1neens co1nprisinge cylihdricel heed end e threeded shenk of less diameter, seid shenk pessing through the opening' inthe hinge me1nber end'threeding into the block whereby the heed projects outwerdly beyond seid hinge member, seid hinge meinbers extending ebove the seet, e seet cover loceted et one end between the upwerdly extending ends of seid hinge 1nembers, end meens fl'or pivotelly connecting seid seetwith the hinge n1embers.

4. In combinetion, e seet, e fiet block 0f inetel secured et eech side of end edjecent one end of the seet, seid block heving e screw threeded opening therethrough, e verticelly positioned hinge me1nber covering eech block end loceted thereover end covering the securing rneens used in etteching the block to the seet, seid hinge member heving en opening therethrough loc eted in elignment with the threeded opening in ehe block, 1neens pessing through ehe opening in the hinge member end screwing into seid opening in the block, seid 1neens heving e leterelly projecting cylindricel portion, e seet cover loceted et one end between the upper ende of seid hinge 11:1en1-v bers, 1neens pivotelly connecting the'coverv to seid hinge members, end e seco1id hinge member in the-form of e brecketloceted one et eech side of the lower end portions of seid hinge 1nen1bers end heving openings to receive the projecting ends of seid securing meens, seid breckets eech et the lower end heving e downwerdly threeded rod edepced to pess through e projecting ledge on e bowl for securing thereto.

5. In combinetion, e seet, e block of subs-entielly rectenguler forno of flet metel having verticelsides loceted one et eech side of the seet end neer one end thereof end heving en interiorly threeded opening therechrongh, screws pessing through seid blocksfor secnring the serne to ehe seet, verticelly positioned hinge membeis of metel, the lower portions of which ere eech chennel shepe in cross section, seid lowe1" portions of the hinge niembers being looeted over end covering the block end Ehe screw festening meens therefor, end eech of seid hinge me1nbers heving an opening in eligmnent with the threeded opening in the edjecentblock, securing n1eens comprising e cylindricel heed end e threeded stexn of lese diemeter then ehe heed, seid stem pessing through the opening in eech hinge. rnember end threeding intothe opening in seid block, whereby the cylindricel heeds project leterelly from seid seet, seid hinge members extending ebove the upper side of ehe seet, end e seet cover heving one end loceted between the upwelrdly extending end portions of seichhinge members combined with meens for pivotellyco1inecting the seet through, hinge meinbers secured one at each side of the seat over said blocks, each of said hinge members having an opening therein in alignment with the threaded opening in the adj acent block, and securing means for each hinge member comprising a head and a threaded shank of 1ess dianieter than the head, said shank passing through the opening in the hinge member and threading into seid block whereby the head projeets out wardly beyond the hinge member, said hinge members extending a distance beyond the seat, and a seat cover located between the upper ends of said hinge members and having connection therewit-h.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' HENRY VON PHUL. 

